How to Convert RTF Files to PDF
RTF — Rich Text Format — is an old, widely compatible document format that almost any word processor can open. That broad compatibility is useful, but RTF files still render slightly differently across programs, and they remain freely editable. Converting to PDF locks the appearance in place for sharing.
What RTF is good and bad at
RTF's strength is openness: it carries basic formatting like bold, italics, and fonts, and nearly every editor can read it. Its weakness is that, like any editable format, the exact layout can shift between applications, and anyone can change the content. For a finished document you want to distribute, neither trait is ideal.
Why convert to PDF
- Fixed appearance that does not vary by program.
- No accidental edits to a document you consider final.
- Self-contained fonts and formatting.
- Universally viewable without any particular word processor.
How to convert
- Open the RTF to PDF tool and upload your .rtf file.
- The document is rendered to PDF with its formatting preserved.
- Download the finished file.
Rounding out your office conversions
DocPDFConvert handles the whole family of document formats — Word, ODT, TXT, Excel, and PowerPoint all convert to PDF the same simple way — so whatever a document started life as, you can share it as a clean PDF.